A Gretna man says he was held at
gunpoint, and he and his family were
interogated for hours about a crime he
did not commit -- and aparently N-B-A
star Shaquille O'neal was involved.
JEAN 2-SHOT JEAN 2-SHOT

Police say they were acting in
good faith, but on bad information.

It started when Bedford County
sheriff's investigators were trying to
track down the person who sent them
child porn over the Internet.

DOUBLE BOXES=JEAN-KEITH/STEVE DOUBLE BOXES

KEITH READS KEITH READS

Today Bedford County authorities
say they were given the wrong address.

Steve Smallshaw is in Bedford
tonight -- Steve, what happened?
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*cg LIVE Steve Smallshaw
ssmallshaw@wdbj7.com ROLLECUE=IT WAS THE WRONG ONE.

This past weekend firefighters
found out just how low the pressure was
as they worked a house fire on
Toddsbury Drive in Roanoke County.

Now the town is taking action.
DOUBLE BOXES=JEAN/ALEX DOUBLE BOXES

News 7's Alex Lawson is here to
explain what the town is doing.

Keith...and Jean....at this
point...it's unclear what caused the

low water pressure in one hydrant.
LIVE=ALEX FULL BAM LIVE FULL
NEWS 7 AT SIX FS IN MONITOR

*CG standup Alex Lawson
alawson@wdbj7.com But just in case of an emergency,
the town has shut down that hydrant AND
installed a new one.

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*CG locator Roanoke Co.
:00

*CG 2line Ralph Craig
Homeowner
:13

*CG 2line Kevin Boggess
Vinton Town Manager
:29

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OQ=...WRONG WITH IT RIGHT NOW. <

in yellow...just across the street,

town workers are hooking up a new fire
hydrant with better pressure.

Home owners like Ralph Craig say it's
about time.
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INQ=I'm tickled to death... 19:37"I'm tickled to death they're

moving and giving us a new hydrant that
has pressure and water supply."19:43
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OQ=...water supply." Last summer the workers tested the

hydrant. And town Manager Kevin
Boggess says the town was aware the
water pressure was low. But he says
fixing the pressure was NOT high the on
the priority list.
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INQ=I know.... 13:24"I KNOW THAT IS NOT A GOOD ANSWER

FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE, BUT THAT'S
ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK
AT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'VE GOT A WAY TO IDENTIFY THESE
AND EITHER TAKE THEM OUT OF SERVICE OR
GET THEM CORRECTED MORE QUICKLY."13:37
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OQ=...more quickly." Once the new hydrant is in the ground,

workers will begin digging under the
faulty one across the street to
determine what caused the pressure to
get so low.

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INQ=In terms... 12:31"IN TERMS OF ELEVATION AND THE

TANKS THAT FEED AND POTENTIAL BREAKS IN
THE LINE, AND ALL SORTS OF HOSTS OF
THINGS THAT COULD BE WRONG WITH IT, AND
UNTIL WE GET DOWN IN THE GROUND AND DIG
IT UP AND SEE WHERE IT'S CONNECTED AND
SEE WHAT PROBLEMS MIGHT BE THERE WE'RE
REALLY ONLY GUESSING AS TO WHAT'S WRONG
WITH IT RIGHT NOW."12:46
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OQ=....with it right now."

LIVE=Alex Full from BAM LIVE FULL

NEWS 7 AT SIX FS As for the cause of the fire,
that is still under investigation.
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man who died Sunday when his plane
crashed in Halifax County.
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VO-NAT

*CG locator Halifax Co.
Yesterday 54- year- old James Michael
Williams was piloting the open cockpit
experimental plane when it went down
near the community of Elmo. He was
flying from Ridgeway to Greensboro.

Search teams located the wreckage
yesterday morning, and federal
investigators arrived at the crash site
last night.

State Police say Williams was
living in a hotel at the Greensboro
airport, preparing to leave the area
for a new job in Guam.
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Governor Kaine says the language of the
amendment is vague.
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INQ= FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO GO IN AND SAY,

"NOW, I'M GOING TO READ THIS AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT SAYS," THAT'S GOING
TO BE A DIFFICULT TASK. BECAUSE THE
LANGUAGE IS RATHER OPEN-ENDED. IT'S
NOT CLEAR.
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OQ= The first sentence, defining marriage

as a union between "one man and one
woman" is straightforward enough.

Gettings finds the second paragraph

more troublesome and a lot less clear.
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INQ= THE INTENTION BEHIND THE LANGUAGE WAS

TO BAR ANY SORTS OF CIVIL UNIONS
CREATED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THE
WAY THE LANGUAGE READS, THOUGH, IT
COULD BE READ BY SOME TO SAY, WELL,
THIS ACTUALLY BARS INDIVIDUALS FROM
ENGAGING IN RELATIONSHIPS IF IT COULD
BE ARGUED THEY INTENDED TO REPLICATE
MARRIAGE.
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OQ=

SOT FULL SOT FULL 6:17:00 reverse Question

INQ= Don't you think most people will look

simply at that first sentence, and say,
"That's the gay marriage amendment. I
know what I want to do about that...."
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OQ=

SOT FULL SOT FULL 6:07:47

INQ= ...and never get to the second and

third sentence?

YES, I THINK THAT'S QUITE RIGHT.
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OQ=

SOT FULL SOT FULL 6:14:55

INQ= PEOPLE'S JUDGMENT IS GOING TO GO BACK

TO: "WHAT'S THE HOT BUTTON ISSUE. OH,
IT'S GAY MARRIAGE. DO YOU THINK THERE
OUGHT TO BE THINGS AS GAY MARRIAGES,
YES OR NO?" AND I THINK THAT'S THE
QUESTION PEOPLE ARE GOING TO END UP
VOTING ON, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.
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OQ=

KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM
GRAPHIC= There will be an explanation- -approved

*CG locator Radford
:00 Educators will soon use these
mechanical patients to give students
hands-on experience without the
consequence of error they would have
with a person.

Each can be controlled with a
hand-held device, and they can simulate
nearly any condition.
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INQ=they would

*CG 2line Cindy Cunningham
Project Director CINDY CUNNINGHAM, PROJECT DIRECTOR
:00 15:51:53 THEY WOULD HAVE TO RECOGNIZE
IS THE BABY'S BREATHING PATTERN NORMAL?
ARE THE LIPS BLUE? AND THEY WOULD HAVE
TO LOOK AT THE BABY AND DETERMINE WHAT
KIND OF TREATMENT DO THEY NEED.:05

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OQ=do they need

VO-NAT VO-NAT

The simulated patients will be
used in classes at two clinical labs.

One will be located at Radford's
West campus, the other at Roanoke
Higher Education Center.

Other institutions will share the
resources.

The project will be completed
next year, and it's fully funded by the
state in an effort to fight the nursing
shortage.
(END VO) (END VO)

McElrathbey, a redshirt freshman, also
has custody of his 11 year old brother
Fahmarr, and is his sibling's primary
caretaker. That's because their mother
is a recovering crack addict and their

father has a gambling problem.

RAY RAY MCELRATHBEY/CLEMSON DEFENSIVE
BACK:

TOMMY BOWDEN/CLEMSON HEAD COACH:

FAHMARR MCELRATHBEY/RAY RAY'S YOUNGER
BROTHER:

The two live together in an apartment
and get rides to their schools everyday
from various friends. They are then
reunited each afternoon on the Clemson
practice field.

RAY RAY:

McElrathbey's role with the Tigers has
been primarily on special teams, but
he's been a special ray of hope for his
family and earlier this year, through
an unusual waiver allowed the
University to setup a trust fund for
Fahmarr, for living expenses. To date,
the fund has accumulated more than 50
thousand dollars.

to Atlanta this weekend, and while Jeff
Burton may have lost the points lead at
Martinsville, the South Boston native
isn't giving up. There is a different
kind of pressure now that just 48
points separate the top five drivers.
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